as in haphazard
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Recent Examples of scattershot
Projected top relievers Díaz’s stuff does not require pinpoint command, but he was too often scattershot with his fastball and slider in 2024.
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead of a scattershot approach, a focused strategy based on solid data helps pinpoint which health-forward items resonate most with shoppers.
—Elie Y. Katz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The oversight is scattershot, too, as the federal government is barely involved.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
That left Democrats as less-than-unified in their general messaging and again looking to voters like a scattershot collection of grievances rather than anything approaching a party with a central spine.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead of a scattershot approach, a focused strategy based on solid data helps pinpoint which health-forward items resonate most with shoppers.
—Elie Y. Katz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The oversight is scattershot, too, as the federal government is barely involved.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
That left Democrats as less-than-unified in their general messaging and again looking to voters like a scattershot collection of grievances rather than anything approaching a party with a central spine.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scattershot
Adjective
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The mass arrests and roundups thus far have been so haphazard that there is a very real likelihood that innocent individuals have also been swept up and deported.—
Nisha Whitehead,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2025
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But swirling around it are immigration restrictions, headlong and haphazard reductions in Federal spending and a separate but related confidence shock weighing on consumer behavior.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Nicki Minaj was reportedly the target of a random swatting attack by someone who told police there had been a shooting at her Hidden Hills home.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The girl who dies is almost incidental to the plot.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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During these long missions, astronauts could get injured, causing what can be considered incidental disability.—
Jesse Rhoades,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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What followed was part social experiment, part accidental soul-baring, and slightly more fun than doomscrolling solo.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, an accidental executor can be the trustee of a revocable trust after the grantor has passed away.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Last season, Jackson went under center on just five drop-backs, while the Ravens’ primary ball-carriers had just 24 carries in non-shotgun looks.—
Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
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In 2019, in non-shotgun formations, Jackson had 19 drop-backs and combined with Ravens running backs for 27 carries, according to Sports Info Solutions.—
Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
3 June 2021
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Defendant referred to victim in past tense, detective testifies Cousins’ status as a possible suspect was strengthened by his inadvertent language missteps in his first interview with a Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit detective, the jury learned on Tuesday.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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Skinner has been out of commission since getting an inadvertent knee in the head from the Dallas Stars’ Mikko Rantanen on March 26.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Mad About the Boy, an adaptation of the slapdash third novel that starts streaming on Peacock on February 13, keeps the trope-laden structure, but finds surprising depth in a devastating plot twist.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The seemingly slapdash document to overhaul the nation’s spending priorities created confusion throughout the federal government.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the absence of The Rock—the catalyst of this entire turn—throughout the entire build of WrestleMania, mixed with the sporadic appearances from Cena, hurt the storytelling of what could have been a deeply complex villain.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Justin Turner has been among those helping Workman navigate his first experience with life in the big leagues and sporadic playing time.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattershot. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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